{"id":71474,"date":"2024-04-28T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/bal-2024-al-ahly-sc-win-nile-conference-advance-to-playoffs"},"modified":"2024-04-28T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T17:44:14","slug":"bal-2024-al-ahly-sc-win-nile-conference-advance-to-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal-2024-al-ahly-sc-win-nile-conference-advance-to-playoffs","title":{"rendered":"BAL 2024: Al Ahly SC win Nile Conference, advance to playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Saturday, April 27<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly SC 94-71 Bangui Sporting Club<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly SC on Saturday, April 27, beat Central African Republic side Bangui Sporting Club 94-71 to finish at the top of the Nile Conference which closed in Cairo with a 5-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Four Al Ahly players, led by Prince Ali, scored 10 points or more each to help the BAL holders register another expressive triumph.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Al Ahly SC&#8217;s first conference title since the inception of the BAL season system introduced last year when they finished second to Petro de Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian champions had already secured their playoffs spot in May in Kigali on Friday evening, but they needed to beat Bangui SC to win the conference.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Bangui could have won the conference with a win by more than 7 points over Al Ahly SC, but they couldn&#8217;t lose by more than 16 points to finish as one of the two best third-placed teams to advance to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Gardner, who helped the Egyptian giants with 10 points and 7 rebounds, insisted their team cohesion was key in their success.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jimmy Djimrabaye led Bangui SC with 10 points and 11 rebounds; Kurt Weigscheider and Thierry Darlan finished with 16 and 15 points, respectively, but their contricbution wasn&#8217;t enough to deny the reigning BAL champions.<\/p>\n<p>Bangui SC (3-3) will now wait for the outcome of the Sahara Conference (May 4-12) in Dakar to find out if their point-differential is good enough to send them to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Al Ahly SC and Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya, who finished in second place in Nile Conference, qualified for the playoffs that will take place in Kigali in end May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Saturday, April 27 Al Ahly SC 94-71 Bangui Sporting Club Al Ahly SC on Saturday, April 27, beat Central African Republic side Bangui Sporting Club 94-71 to finish at the top of the Nile Conference which closed in Cairo with a 5-1 record. 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